Charles Lenepveu (Composer)
Born: 4th October 1840, Rouen, France
Died: 16th August 1910, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Charles-Ferdinand Lenepveu was a French composer and teacher. Destined for a career as a lawyer, he defied his family and followed a musical career. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, and won France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome in 1867.
Much of Lenepveu's career was as a professor at the Conservatoire from 1880. He was known as a strict conservative, hostile to musical innovation, as was much of the French musical Establishment of the time.
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